博士学位课程提供两个研究领域：以全球政治经济，结构调整和环境为重点的社会变迁地理学，社会文化评估地理，女权主义地理学，以环境过程和人为影响为重点的环境变化地理学，环境资源的评估和社会管理。还提供政治经济学的合作专业。渥太华拥有丰富的地理资源研究资源，例如加拿大国家图书馆，加拿大国家档案馆，加拿大遥感中心，加拿大统计局和其他联邦政府部门。许多非政府组织在渥太华也设有总部。研究和职业机会就在眼前。
The PhD program offers two areas of study:<br><br>the geography of societal change with emphasis on the global political economy, restructuring and the environment, geographies of socio-cultural evaluation, feminist geographies<br>the geography of environmental change with emphasis on environmental processes and anthropogenic impacts, appraisal and societal management of environmental resources.<br>A collaborative specialization in Political Economy is also available.<br><br>Ottawa is rich in study resources vital to the geographer, such as the National Library of Canada, the National Archives of Canada, the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Statistics Canada and various other federal government departments. Numerous non-governmental organizations (NGOs) also have their head offices in Ottawa. Research and career possibilities are just down the road.<br><br>Length: 5 years